Car-mover.



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CAB HOVER.

(Application med mi2?, 1900.)

Patented Apr. 2; |901.Y

(No Modal.)

i muy! llnrrnn STATES Parenti Ormes.

SAMUEL E. KURTZ, OF SAO CITY, IOWA, ASSIGOR OF ONE-HALF TO HENRY KURTZ, OF SAME PLACE.

CAR-IVIOVER.4

SPECIFICATION forming partvof Letters Patent No. 671,285, dated April 2, 1901.

Application filed November Z7, 1900. Serial No. 37,885. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom, t 17m/y concern.-

Beit known that I, SAMUEL E. KURTZ, acitizen of the United States, anda resident of Sac City, in the county of Sac and State of Iowa, have invented a new and Improved Oar-Mover, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in devices for moving railway-cars and the like ro when the car is to be moved short distances and it is not convenient or desirable to use a locomotive; and the object is to provide a device of this character that may be used on any form of car-truck and with which the truckframe serves as a fulcrum for the mover.

I will describe a car-mover embodying my invention andv then point out the novel features in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying zo drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indi-- cate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a plan view of a car-wheel and a portion ofthe truck-frame, showing a mover embodying my invention as applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the device, and Fig. 3 is a side view.

Referring to the drawings, l designates a lever of any suitable length and terminating 3o in separated end portions 2. Pivoted to these portions 2 is a gripping-hook 3, designed to engage over the tread of the wheel and also to engage againstthe inner side of the wheelframe, and to prevent any possible slipping of this gripping device on the Wheel-flange I provide the hook portion 4 with a knife-edge 5 for engaging over the wheel-ange. Mounted between the members 2 of the lever is a roller 6, designed to engage upon the truck- 4o frame 7, which serves as a fulcrum for the lever. The members 2 are provided each with a series of openings, so that the roller 6 will be moved toward or from the end of the lever to change the leverage power, as desired. By employing the roller it is obvious that friction of the device upon the truckframe will be reduced to a minimum and preferably the periphery of the roller will be transversely rounded.

In operation the gripping device is to be so engaged with the car-wheel, as indicated in Fig. l, and the lever l extended out later ally from the truck-frame. Obviously by a downward movement of the outer end of the lever 1 and the frame 7 acting as a fulcrum 55 very powerful pressure may be brought to bear upon the wheel, causing it to turn, and, in fact, it is obvious that with a moving device engaged with the wheel, as described, and `with the truck-frame all the power applied 6o to the outer end of the lever will be brought to bear upon the wheel. Y

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A car-mover, comprising a lever, a hookshaped gripping device having swinging connection with the lever, and a roller arranged .in the lever and adapted to engage with the truck-frame serving as a fulcrum, substan- 7o tially as specified.

2. A car-mover, comprising a lever, a fulcrum-roller adjustably arranged in said lever, a hook-shaped gripping device having swinging connection with the lever, and a knife-edge portion on the hook end of said lever adapted to grip the car-wheel when pressure is applied to the lever, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I have signed my 8o name to this speciiication in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

SAMUEL E. KURTZ.

Witnesses: f

W. H. HART,

PHIL. SCHALLER. 

